Also known as: StudiOwens
With more than years of experience in digital art and web programming languages, Stephen Owens understands the multiple sides of website development and management. Stephen has an unusually well rounded education. He began with formal training in the fine arts from the Art Institute of Vancouver (formerly the Center for Digital Imaging and Sound) and went on to get a solid OOP OOD foundation from Allegany College of Maryland. His combination of training and experience, has given him a solid foundation in web development. Stephens a master of a large number of web development disciplines content management systems, search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, e-commerce, payment application data security standards (PCI PA-DSS), web platform integrations, user interface development, and cloud application development. He stress the importance of delivering an easily maintainable website that can adapt to meet the individual client goals. Stephen provides training for clients on how to use their web tools and platforms. Training methods include live online sessions, pre-recorded video tutorials, and how-to quick sheets. Development work is done in PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, XML, HTML, and CSS. While his graphics work is done primarily with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Flash, and Premiere). Stephen contributes to the online communities of open source web tools and platforms, such as, CMS Made Simple, OpenCart, osCommerce, PHPList, and others. Specialties Programming languages HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, Java, XML, jQuery, JSON, AJAX, C, ActionScript Development skills Web (SaaS Cloud), user interface, relational database, eCommerce, payment application data security standards (PCI PA-DSS), D D animation, computer graphics, video editing, social media, SEO Software competencies LAMP, Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere, Flash), Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft Office Suite, OpenOffice.org Suite, Google Apps for Business, WAMP